This conservation program is sponsored by Salt CityBassmasters of Syracuse, NY. Oneida Lake is located a few miles north of Syracuse, NY. This year water chestnuts were found in some of the bays of Oneida Lake, so manual clean-up of the weed was started.

What began as a simple request from the NYS Bass Federation to help the New York State Dept. of Conservation (NYS DEC) in maintaining boat launch and public access fishing sites, turned into a commitment to also help the environment.
In 2010, we adopted 18 different sites in a 3 county area Onondaga, Oswego, and Cayuga). At 10 of those sites we … Continue reading the story "Fish Line Recycling"